Anna Hosanna: The Best Easter Egg Hunter Ever!

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Anna Hosanna loves Easter because...

SHE'S THE BEST EASTER EGG

HUNTER THERE EVER WAS!

She can find any egg, no matter where,

Behind the TV,

Or on the stair,

Or in a Pterodactyl's

nest high up in the air,

Or in a chest of drawers...

Under Dad's underwear.

Whether red, or yellow,

or pink, or green,

Not even camouflage eggs go unseen,

by Anna Hosanna,

the best of the best,

of all Easter egg hunters.

Yes, all the rest!

But is it the eggs that

make Easter so great?

“Of course, not,”said Anna,”

there is no debate,

That what makes Easter

so special and neat...

IS THE CANDY INSIDE

THEM YOU GET TO EAT!!

All those chocolates, jellybeans, gumballs, and chews.

On Easter morning, what

could be better news??”

And little devils very much agree...

But angels do not as you can see.

Yet one Easter morning,

I must confess,

Anna's egg-hunting skills

were put to the test.

There were so many eggs

that Anna had found,

She needed a wheelbarrow

to haul them around!

But though she had

hunted and found 44,

Her mother insisted,

“There's still one more.”

(Illustrations omitted)

Anna searched the house,

every room, every nook...

And out in the front, sides,

and back yard she looked.

She searched everywhere

that she possibly could,

Even behind the fence in the wood.

But she could not find where

that last egg might be...

So she stopped in the woods,

to rest under a tree,

While the spying little

devils, quietly crept,

And stole Anna's Easter

basket while she slept,

Right in front of her

guardian angel's nose...

Who was busy with an idea, I suppose.

And what happened next

could have been a dream.

Or it could've been real,

for real it did seem...

For Anna went searching

when she heard a cry,

that seemed to be coming

from a cave nearby.

'Twas a cave she'd not

seen, with a big rock,

but next to the entrance–

leaving it unblocked.

So Anna, being the most

curious-est of all,

entered the cave where

she saw tears fall,

From a woman who was

kneeling at a stone bed,

draped with white cloth,

and weeping she said,

“Where have they laid him?

For here he did lie.”

Then an angel appeared

and gave this reply,

“Be not afraid, Mary...do not fear.

Jesus is risen; he is not here.

For on this third day

he has overcome death.”

(Illustrations omitted)

Anna closed her eyes

and took a deep breath,

to hold back the tears

of joy she felt inside.

She remembered Jesus

lived again who once died,

on Calvary's cross

where he was crucified.

And she couldn't hold back

her tears, though she tried.

And when Anna opened

her eyes, suddenly,

she was once again resting underneath the tree.

But sitting right next to

her there on the ground,

Was a new egg-the one not found!

Meanwhile, the angel

was not far away,

Snatching Anna's Easter

basket back–Hooray!

Then Anna popped the egg;

it stuck just a bit.

And do you want to guess

what was inside of it?

No, not jellybeans or chocolate.

A small square of white

cloth and on it was written,

“He is not here. He is risen.”

(Illustrations omitted)

Now Anna truly knows what

makes Easter great.

And there certainly

can't be any debate:

It's not eggs, chocolates,

jellybeans, or chews.

It's the very best-est of

all best-est news!!

That from the tomb, Jesus

rose on the third day.

And what could be better

news on Easter day?

THE END.

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This is a great book to read at an Easter egg hunt church activity. 
Feel free to use the idea of giving out plastic eggs with the "“He is not 
here. He is risen.” message inside.